Ian Plimer, professor of mining geology and Adelaide University, has criticised the government’s plans for an ETS during a speech at a Sydney Mining Club lunch, saying:
If you thought Y2K was a scam, you wait for this one.
And he correctly points out that scientific research generally follows government policy:
“Scientists play politics the same as everyone else,” he said in his speech, entitled Human induced climate change – a load of hot air.”
“I think we’ve got people playing games in politics.”
“If you want the research funding and if you want the money then … follow the money, follow the pocket of paradise, but it could actually send us broke.”
Read it here.
Recent Comments